Player Discussion: Ivan Provorov

[majormajor]

The sad thing is he's better than Severson. Jarmo made that bed and we have to lie in it.

Rare opinion, I know, but I don't think Provorov has outplayed Severson this year. Severson has been very good most games.

 

[Xoggz22]

The way I look at it is that the CBJ have only one slot left for a big money/top 4 defenseman. Z and Severson take two of these slots. Mateychuk has a very good chance to be number 3. So the decision would be "do we want/need to commit to Provorov for 7 years at around $7 million/year"?

My answer to my question would be "no". Nothing wrong with kicking the tires and trying to get him to sign a lower money 3 or 4 year deal, but this is going to be his last big contract and it's highly unlikely that he'd bite. I sure wouldn't if I were in his shoes.

Our overall defense isn't at the level where there should be no/little room to obtain another good/large contract dman. Provorov doesn't fit the bill to me to fill the 4th slot. His play this year has been pretty good-but that's a common happening in a "contract year".

The CBJ will be best served by trading him for assets at the TDL, IMO.

I think the big decision on this is how LONG the contract needs to be. If they could get Provo for 3-4 years extended, I would do that in a heartbeat. Would give him one more contract after that to get premium pay and that would be about the time we'd have to actually pay Mateychuk. I personally don't want a 7 year deal with 5 more years of Severson after this one. Now, I guess if they could move on from Severson in another 2-3 years that might be workable. I'm just not sure those pieces are good enough to make us cup contenders.

 

[CBJ goalie]

Alright, what are the chances Provorov stays.a Blue Jacket after this season?

 

[stevo61]

Alright, what are the chances Provorov stays.a Blue Jacket after this season?

Probably low. I think he wants it but I doubt Waddell does at the $ he'll ask for

 

[CBJ goalie]

This (Provorov and Severson) reminds me of the Beam and Boqvist debacle, couldn't decide which one to keep until they let them both go.....

 

[stevo61]

This (Provorov and Severson) reminds me of the Beam and Boqvist debacle, couldn't decide which one to keep until they let them both go.....

except Provorov and Severson are both significantly better than Bean and Boqvist. That and Severson has a longterm deal

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Alright, what are the chances Provorov stays.a Blue Jacket after this season?

10%. Short of some major discount I think Waddell will take his first round pick and try to be really active in swinging for a different type of defenseman in the summer